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<p class="MsoNormal">We are currently running shibboleth 2.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are having issues logging into one of your new SP's site.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When I look in the idp-process.log file I see the following error message.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">12:28:06.317 DEBUG<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.idp.profile.saml2.AbstractSAML2ProfileHandler:738]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Building assertion NameID for principal/relying party:somename/https://staging.learntrials.com/users/auth/saml/metadata/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">12:28:06.317 DEBUG<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.idp.profile.saml2.AbstractSAML2ProfileHandler:779]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- SP indicated no preferred name formats.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">12:28:06.318 DEBUG<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.idp.profile.saml2.AbstractSAML2ProfileHandler:790]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Using attribute transientId supporting NameID format urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified to create the NameID.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">12:28:06.318 ERROR<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.common.profile.ProfileRequestDispatcherServlet:85]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Error processing profile request java.lang.NullPointerException at<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.idp.profile.saml2.AbstractSAML2ProfileHandler.buildSubject(AbstractSAML2ProfileHandler.java:650)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am having trouble understanding the error message and how to correct the issue.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It looks as though the SP has no name format set inside their metadata and we are trying to pass the transientId which supports the NameID format. Then an error occurs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone know how I can correct this issue?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#5B9BD5">Tabitha O. Locklear<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#5B9BD5">MS Information Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#5B9BD5">Operations & Systems Analyst<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#5B9BD5">Division of Information Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#5B9BD5">University of North Carolina at Pembroke<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#5B9BD5">tabithao.locklear@uncp.edu<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#5B9BD5">Office : 910-775-4039<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#5B9BD5">Fax : 910-521-6649</span></b><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#5B9BD5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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